Kenneth Wiseman

SUDAN (Special) Services for Kenneth Porter Wiseman, 78, of Sudan will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Sudan Church of Christ in Sudan with James Withrow and Calvin Wiseman, both of Sudan, officiating.

Burial will be in the Sudan Cemetery under the direction of Hammons Funeral Home of Littlefield.

He died Tuesday, May 23, 2000, in Sudan.

He was born June 24, 1921, in Childress. He married Thelma Wren on Jan. 24, 1948, near Littlefield. He farmed in the Sudan community for more than 50 years before retiring in 1985. He served as mayor of Sudan for three terms and also served on the Sudan City Council for two terms. He served as the president of the Farmers Co-op Gin for two years. He was in the U.S. Air Force during World War II for a short time before his health forced an early discharge. He was a member of the Sudan Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Brent Wren Wiseman of Austin; a brother, Dean of Dimmitt; two sisters, Rose Nell Wood of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Laverne Bernethy of Dimmitt; and three grandchildren.